Car-door-locking hook



W. E. WINE.

CAR DOOR LOCKING HOOK;

AvPLicATlomv FILED MPL10, 1922.

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WILLIAM n. WINE, or romano,

CAR-DOOR-LOCKING HOOK.

To all 'ze/mm 'lt /nrag/ concern:

Be it known that I, vVVILLiAi/f E. WINE, a citizen of the United States of America,A residing at Toledo. in the county of Lucas and -ttate' ot' Ohio, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cai'Dooi Locking Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

[y invent-ion relates to new and usefu'l improvements in hooks and hooks that are designed for supporting and holding the drop doors of freight cars. although, of course the hooks about to be described may be used equally as well with drop or swinging doors of any description.

One of the objects of the present inven tion is to provide a hook which will be exceedingly strong. relatively light in weight, and having a main supporting ledge that is widened on the outer surface of the hook to provide a greater bearing surface. Also to provide a supplemental or auxiliary ledge which may be u sed either to support a door before the same is forced or pried to its Vtinal resting position on the main supportlng ledge: or which ledge may serve as a fulcruin for a stick or bar to release the hook fi'om the door or as a fulcruin for a bar that may be extended to an oppositely positioned door so that it may be lifted to its final resting place on a main supporting ledge of another hook.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a hook with a supporting ledge, which is widened to present a maximum supporting surface and to form on the hook an extension which will provide a second or auxiliary ledge' and said hook having ribs extending from the point o'f the hook and :from the point of the extension rearwardly to merge into a rear outstanding wall, which wall will present a receptive( striking surface that may be hit with a hammer or Wrench, which will quickly release the hook from its sluiporting position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a hook of the character described that will be exceedingly strong.v relatively light in weight, neat in appearance and relatively cheap to manufacture,

With these and other objects in view. the inventiomeonsists in certain new and novel constructions as will be hereinafter more especially to Y manner.

` ortion of the suJaortinU ledges inieht be 96 fully 'described and pointed out in the C EtlHlS. 5

Referring to the drmvings,y showing a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. l is a side elevatioirof the invention, thel dotted lines showing an angle iron of a door in a supported position and a bar resting on the auxiliary supporting ledge for prying the hook from the door.

' ig. 2 is a frontedge view of the hook showing the widened supporting ledge and the outstanding wall formed at the .tower endof the hook.

Referring now more in detail to the two ligures there is shown a hook l which is substantially of eye-beam construction: it

eing preferably cast with the web 2, and the 'uter front and rear ribs or flanges 3, which at their upper ends merge into the boss having a circular opening 5 formed therein. y

A main flat supporting ledge 6 is shown extending out to the point ot the hook i', the front flange` 3 then extending rear- Wardly, and merging with thel rear outer flange of the hook.

is mainv supporting ledge'is widened as at 8 by increasing the width of the flange as clearly shown in Fig. 2 so that the support ing surface of the ledge will be greater than the mean width'of the hook,

This flange, which is general direction to forni the supporting ledge, may he extended out to either side of the web. but it is generally desirable to arrange it with its major portion to the outer side of the web of the hook rather than to the inner side thereof. as the housing with which such hooks are generally used may then be constructed in a more economical ln some cases, however` the major definitely arranged with respect to the web 2.

This is desirable in a hook of this character, has heretofore l eeninenti ned. the hook is designed to be used niniariljr for the support of drop cardoors, which doers are generally provided with an angle iron which vforms the bearing surface 'that rests on the supporting ledge of the hook, and although these angle irons entend out beyond the edge of the door have Wide ,v

diverted from 8 ion for a short distance to rest on les 'the hooks it is desirabie to upporting ledge on the hook as possible es here in bonne to be eorne lateral. motion oi: he hoolr. and slight shifting of the doors due ,o the movement of the eer, und the greater yhe bearing seri rees, the less chance for the lool; to beeonie disengaged from the lsingle.

Below the rearward extending portion ol? the rib il there is e 7further rib 9 which. ex tende downwardly and outwardly to forni an niniiliery supporting ledge l0, the rib 9 then ,o ending rearwardly as at l1 and merging with the 'mill l2 that 'formed at the lower rrear end of the lioolr. This wall 12 formed at right angles to the web 2 of the hook merges et vits top as at 13 with the rear web nd is'reinioreed by merging with the porri n ll of the rib 9 end. the rearwardly tending portion or the rib 3. lt is to be noticed that the widened portion S of tl'iesuppor'ting ledge 6 and the outetending Wall l2 are both placed on the outer side of the hook es -the inner side snould present a substantially let or plein surface asthis surface will be adjacent the side of the an' body.

Frein the vforegoing it Will be seen that I have provided e hooi; that is rela,- tively strong nud relatively narrow, and light in weight, the main supporting ledge o which however, is substantially widened to represent I n maximum bearing Serine-e, Furthermore, n second supporting ledge ie previdel which may supportthe door so inet the saine may be convenientlyY pried to its linel position on the main supporting ledge or which auxiliary ledge be used as a fuleruin for lifting an acl-Ay jacent door to its iinal. position, or may be used es e inloruin to release the hook from contacting with the door.

gein, e rear striking Well is provided eo that when desired to quietly release the .hook from the door it is-only necessary to hit or etrilce this which will swing the hook free.

lt ie to be rememl'iered that in coal ears 'the weight on thel doors is; very greet and mgeniente ee ebove described ere ne because the hoolr` cannot be siinly grasped by the hand sind pulled haelt to the doors. A

it will else be underetood that nltliough 'the hoehe es 'described ere to he primarily need with' hopper eer donney or gondole. cer oere, they may be nsedon my doors of rop bottom type.

in the present invention ll here shown the hook es l'ormed of: 'C-eeen construction, but other se tions might 'be used., end further ribe provided to strengthen the hook, if filoni,

@like ond se onterside of the hook, e

' iliery ledo'e raving thus described the seine, what l ele-iin and desire to secure by Letters Pet ent is:

`l. hook having its shank of u, Webbed section with liunges outstanding lroin the web, one of the flanges being diverted to forni :t supporting ledge, the diverted nortion of the liunge being disposed mainly to one side of the web. v

2. A hook having two supporting ledges, one of said ledges being widened` :1nd to one Side only or' the median line of the hook.

3. A hook having two supporting ledges, the upper of which is widened to present n greater bearing surface than the median width of the hook, and the one side ofsaid hook presenting av relative unbroken surface.

Ll. A. hook having a, supporting ledge, said ledge being widened, a. Supplemental portion formed on the lower end ot the look providing a. second supporting ledge and said supplemental portion being enlarged at its rear to form un outstanding wall or lug.

hook comprising :i shank and e supporting ledge, seid supporting ledge being enlarged, an auxiliary portion formed on the lower end of the hook, the forwurdend of which forms u. supplemental supporting ledge end the rear of which is enlarge to iorm a wall, seid Wall formed` on the outer surface of seid hook.

6. A hook comprising e relatively lint she-nk and supporting ledge, seid ledge being widened on the outer side of Seid shank, n depending portion formed on the hook und e second supporting ledge formed therein, the depending portion being enlarged to form n Wall and seid Wall being deposed on the outer surface of said hook.

7. hook. comprising e relatively flut shank, a supporting ledge, the ledge Widen ing out on one eide, an auxiliary integral depending portion having fr supporting ledge, ribs extending rearwardly of this portion merging in n. well, and. the wall ex'- tending outwardly Jirom the outer surf-nee of seid ehenl to forno :t receptive Striking V8. A heel-r of the supporting ledge substantiel -beezn section,

the ledge to the 'rear rib of thehhoolt, a depending portion below seid rib and en euxiorined in seid portion, a second 'rib extending to the rear rib, both of seid ribs merging in e well end seid Well being et right angles to the body portion of the hook end forming e receptive striking sur rece.

"in testimony Wlcie-reoi ellx my Signature.

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